Am·mu·ni·tion n.
  1. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. [Obs.]
  2. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
  3. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
  Ammunition bread, shoes, etc., such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.]